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Zambia is officially a "Christian nation" under the 1996 constitution, but recognizes and protects freedom of religion. [100] Zambia is the only African nation to designate Christianity as a state religion. [101] The Zambia Statistics Agency estimates that 95.5% of Zambians are Christian, with 75.3% Protestant and 20.2% Roman Catholic. [102]
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Internationally, Zambia was an active member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), and hosted a summit in Lusaka in 1970. Kenneth Kaunda served as the movements chairman 1970–1973. Among the NAM countries Zambia was especially close to Yugoslavia. Outside the NAM Zambia also had close relations with the People's Republic of China. [46]
Edward Festus Mukuka Nkoloso (1919–1989) was a member of the Zambian resistance movement and the founder of the Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy. He was especially famous for attempting a space programme and its "Afronauts" have been the subject of subsequent art works and documentaries.
The president of the Republic of Zambia is the head of state and head of government of Zambia and is the highest executive authority in the country. The president is elected by popular vote for a five-year term and is responsible for the administration of the government, overseeing the implementation of national policies, and representing Zambia in international affairs.
Stanley Fischer – Zambian-born Deputy Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank and Governor of the Bank of Israel; Tawny Gray – sculptor; George Gregan – Zambian-born captain of the Australian Wallabies Rugby Union team; Amy Holmes – Zambian-born (Zambian father, American mother), The Blaze news anchor and CNN political contributor
Kenneth Kaunda was born on 28 April 1924 [4] at Lubwa Mission in Chinsali, then part of Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, [5] and was the youngest of eight children. [6] His father, the Reverend David Kaunda, was an ordained Church of Scotland [7] missionary [8] and teacher, who had been born in Nyasaland (now Malawi) and had moved to Chinsali, to work at Lubwa Mission. [9]
Hakainde Hichilema (born 4 June 1962) is a Zambian businessman, farmer, and politician who is the seventh and current president of Zambia since 24 August 2021. [1] After having contested five previous elections in 2006 , 2008 , 2011 , 2015 and 2016 , he won the 2021 presidential election with 59.02% of the vote. [ 2 ]